Enemies by tradition. Allies out of necessity. Xi Lei gets the biggest opportunity in her hunting career: To search for the vampire responsible for the deaths of a whole village in the Himalayas. Her case leads her to New Orleans, where vampire king Damien Moreau is feverishly looking for a way to terminate a decades old deal with the local Hunter Coordinator. Conveniently, Lei wants information from him. They agree to a risky bargain, which will take them beyond the borders of New Orleans into a web of intrigues and corruption. But can they truly trust each other?